PromptnewsonlineMar 8, 2024 7:59 PM

Restiveness and killings in Anambra and the southeast geopolitical zone in general will deny women the opportunity of having spouses.

The declaration was made in the report of the Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (ATJPC), the Executive Summary of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Awka.


It noted that restiveness and killings had resulted to a structural problem of demographic sustainability, because women were finding it difficult to find mating partners.


The report stated that women were some of the worst hit victims as they had suffered and might continue to suffer from killings, rape, loss of husbands, and loss of sons and denial of livelihoods.

It noted also that thousands of young people had been killed since 1999 when restiveness became pronounced in the region, just as many had fled the rural areas.

“The killings from the on-going violence in Igboland generally and in Anambra in particular due to violent crimes and claims of agitation have once again disproportionately affected the stock of young males in the region.

“It has reduced the likelihood that women will be able to find suitable mating or marriageable partners while also increasing the likelihood that females will end up unmarried and reproductively unfulfilled.

“It will further swell the number of unmarried women in the region, particularly among those who reside in the homeland and have limited interaction outside the boundaries of home.


“These women could remain unmarried or wait out their productive years in search of a suitor who has likely been killed.

“They may feel intimidated about giving birth to a child outside marriage for fear of being labelled wayward and humiliating their families for birthing children into illegitimacy,’’ it declared.

The report recalled the case of Amaka Igwe, the lawyer who was killed in Onitsha alongside her husband.

It also recalled the killing of Harira Jubril near Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area on May 25, 2022 alongside her four daughters.

It stated that the killings had resulted into destitution or dependencies among men and had led to economic impoverishment for many women, mass widowhood and enforced childlessness.

It noted that in rural or farming communities, polygamy had remained prevalent and women’s access to land depended on their relationship with the men in their lives.

The livelihood consequences of the killings for women could be very severe, it stressed.

“Married women who have no sons can lose access to land and to subsistence in a political economy in which re-marriage can be quite difficult for a woman with children.

“Naturally, the additional stress of this kind of life on top of the trauma of the disappearance of the husband or bread-winner can lead to diminished outcomes for physical and mental health.

“As many communities devolved subsequently into more generalised forms of atrocity and violence, hospitals and healthcare facilities had been destroyed in the restiveness.

“Healthcare workers had become afraid of showing up for work and access to reproductive healthcare and facilities had become more rarefied in the rural areas.

“Unlike most other parts of Nigeria which have a problem of girl-child school enrolment, Anambra leads the states of Southeast Nigeria in a unique regional problem of diminishing boy-child school enrolment and retention,’’ it stated.

It noted that women typically contributed to the livelihood and education of their children, but with their sources of income cut off, their children were denied access to basic nutrition and to social services.

The report stressed that consequences of insecurity had negated previous progress made on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Anambra as young boys abandoned education and fled their communities for fear of being killed or abducted. READ ALSO:

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The United Nations created 17 world development goals called the SDGs in 2015 with the aim of peace and prosperity for people and the planet, then and into the future.

The goals have 2030 as their attainment target date

Anambra’s 14-man ATJPC was inaugurated in June 2022 to investigate insecurity in Anambra and the Southeast in general.

It submitted its final report to Gov. Chukwuma Soludo on Wednesday.

It had Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, a Human Rights Lawyer and former Chairman of Nigeria Human Rights Commission as its chairman. (NAN)

And if you enter TikTok they're getting married there everyday.

Why always SE

If there are scarcity of husbands in SE, we move to other regions in Nigeria and outside Nigeria.

Nothing dey happen. On God

This is stupid report. If at all it is a true source.

They are trying to put SE in bad light

What happens to zamfara, kaduna, borno, plateau, benue, nassarawa etc I suppose this funny and warped logic will not apply to them

Lol, If that did not happen after the civil war, how can it happen 'cos of internet war?

If you know Igbo traditional settings regarding male child.

You'll know this cant be possible even in the next 1000 years

Cassandraloius:
And if you enter TikTok they're getting married there everyday.

Be following social media lifestyle.

Cindypresh:

If you know Igbo traditional settings regarding male child.

You'll know this cant be possible even in the next 1000 years

What's the settings please?

Tombrown3:

What's the settings please?

It is the reason some mothers birth 10 children while looking for a male child.

Cindypresh:


It is the reason some mothers birth 10 children while looking for a male child.

OK, I understand

Ipob/esn under the leadership of hunchback bingo, namadi cownu has killed many Igbo men, so it’s not a surprise. The best for Igbo is to adopt polygamy

Lies from the pit of hell

kettykin:
What happens to zamfara, kaduna, borno, plateau, benue, nassarawa etc I suppose this funny and warped logic will not apply to them

Most of those states in the North practice polygamy and this help there unmarried women greatly compare to South east .

oilyngbati:
Ipob/esn under the leadership of hunchback bingo, namadi cownu has killed many Igbo men, so it’s not a surprise. The best for Igbo is to adopt polygamy

See another of your Oba Bandits done kidnap them go and rescue them. SE is safer than your region

One mumu man called RENO Mockery said Igbo language will go into extinction and now this new mumu don come talk another mumu talk for his mumu fans. In my community this year more than 300 men have married, we are still in March.
Nofin will bring Igbos down, increase importation VAT we will increase the price of goods nofin can bring us down not even Bandits or killer herdsman we are prepared and always ready

Funny people …..they’re concerned that the SE will experience scarcity of husbands when Benue indigenes are almost extinct. Female students in the north are now an endangered species & every standing SW Oba is now a moving Fulani target!

oilyngbati:
Ipob/esn under the leadership of hunchback bingo, namadi cownu has killed many Igbo men, so it’s not a surprise. The best for Igbo is to adopt polygamy

while herdsmen/boko haram/bandits and kidnappers are doing give away in your state baa?

I have a harem of Igbo beauties in my domain already but deeing this now, I may now have to add to the numbers at hand

Igbos should relax, I'll help reduce this as much as I can

Cindypresh:


It is the reason some mothers birth 10 children while looking for a male child.

pride without sense,so giving birth to 10 children of 9girls and one boy is a solution?.

Lanretoye:
pride without sense,so giving birth to 10 children of 9girls and one boy is a solution?.

I'm an Igbo
I saw the nonsense and I shook my head
Thanks for your response

That is not a Problem the rest of Nigeria will help SE meet up with it's Husband Quota
especially the SW
No wonder Aunty Ngozi just refused to leave Boda Sikiru alone despite all his gallant efforts to evade her
Anyway they are all our lovely Sisters

christistruth01:
That is not a Problem the rest of Nigeria will help SE meet up with it's Husband Quota
especially the SW
No wonder Aunty Ngozi just refused to leave Boda Sikiru alone despite all his gallant efforts to evade her
Anyway they are all our lovely Sisters

TRASHY COMMENT.

DevilsEqual:
I have a harem of Igbo beauties in my domain already but deeing this now, I may now have to add to the numbers at hand

Igbos should relax, I'll help reduce this as much as I can

Madman anthem. Always constituting nuisance here on a daily basis.

Tufiakwa to you!!!!!

Bridget95:
while herdsmen/boko haram/bandits and kidnappers are doing give away in your state baa?

Ode! You better come make I marry you as my 4th wife.

lexylaw09:

PromptnewsonlineMar 8, 2024 7:59 PM

Restiveness and killings in Anambra and the southeast geopolitical zone in general will deny women the opportunity of having spouses.

The declaration was made in the report of the Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (ATJPC), the Executive Summary of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Awka.


It noted that restiveness and killings had resulted to a structural problem of demographic sustainability, because women were finding it difficult to find mating partners.


The report stated that women were some of the worst hit victims as they had suffered and might continue to suffer from killings, rape, loss of husbands, and loss of sons and denial of livelihoods.

It noted also that thousands of young people had been killed since 1999 when restiveness became pronounced in the region, just as many had fled the rural areas.

“The killings from the on-going violence in Igboland generally and in Anambra in particular due to violent crimes and claims of agitation have once again disproportionately affected the stock of young males in the region.

“It has reduced the likelihood that women will be able to find suitable mating or marriageable partners while also increasing the likelihood that females will end up unmarried and reproductively unfulfilled.

“It will further swell the number of unmarried women in the region, particularly among those who reside in the homeland and have limited interaction outside the boundaries of home.


“These women could remain unmarried or wait out their productive years in search of a suitor who has likely been killed.

“They may feel intimidated about giving birth to a child outside marriage for fear of being labelled wayward and humiliating their families for birthing children into illegitimacy,’’ it declared.

The report recalled the case of Amaka Igwe, the lawyer who was killed in Onitsha alongside her husband.

It also recalled the killing of Harira Jubril near Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area on May 25, 2022 alongside her four daughters.

It stated that the killings had resulted into destitution or dependencies among men and had led to economic impoverishment for many women, mass widowhood and enforced childlessness.

It noted that in rural or farming communities, polygamy had remained prevalent and women’s access to land depended on their relationship with the men in their lives.

The livelihood consequences of the killings for women could be very severe, it stressed.

“Married women who have no sons can lose access to land and to subsistence in a political economy in which re-marriage can be quite difficult for a woman with children.

“Naturally, the additional stress of this kind of life on top of the trauma of the disappearance of the husband or bread-winner can lead to diminished outcomes for physical and mental health.

“As many communities devolved subsequently into more generalised forms of atrocity and violence, hospitals and healthcare facilities had been destroyed in the restiveness.

“Healthcare workers had become afraid of showing up for work and access to reproductive healthcare and facilities had become more rarefied in the rural areas.

“Unlike most other parts of Nigeria which have a problem of girl-child school enrolment, Anambra leads the states of Southeast Nigeria in a unique regional problem of diminishing boy-child school enrolment and retention,’’ it stated.

It noted that women typically contributed to the livelihood and education of their children, but with their sources of income cut off, their children were denied access to basic nutrition and to social services.

The report stressed that consequences of insecurity had negated previous progress made on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Anambra as young boys abandoned education and fled their communities for fear of being killed or abducted. READ ALSO:

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Tinubu condemns Borno, Kaduna abductions; directs rescue of captives
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Why south-east may experience scarcity of husbands – Commission
The United Nations created 17 world development goals called the SDGs in 2015 with the aim of peace and prosperity for people and the planet, then and into the future.

The goals have 2030 as their attainment target date

Anambra’s 14-man ATJPC was inaugurated in June 2022 to investigate insecurity in Anambra and the Southeast in general.

It submitted its final report to Gov. Chukwuma Soludo on Wednesday.

It had Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, a Human Rights Lawyer and former Chairman of Nigeria Human Rights Commission as its chairman. (NAN)

Don’t worry, we will go back to our traditional and practice polygamy. One man 3 wives no go bad for the culture but we remain undefeated

oilyngbati:
Ode! You better come make I marry you as my 4th wife.

Find food chop first before marrying.

Lanretoye:
pride without sense,so giving birth to 10 children of 9girls and one boy is a solution?.

To you??

mcbreeze:
This is stupid report. If at all it is a true source.

They are trying to put SE in bad light

with the look of things, the report maybe true because if you look at the IPOB TERRORISTS, lockdown every Monday and the EBUBE AGU factor, you will know that the young men are scampering for safety, hence the scarcity of husband over there... No shades no offense...